BANC-132 · December 2023 · English
IGNOU BANC-132 December 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
Fundamentals Of Biological Anthropology
Structured previous year question paper for BANC-132, December 2023 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 9 · Sections: 2
Verified: 29 Jul 2026
BACHELOR OF ARTS (GENERAL)
(BAG)
Term-End Examination
December, 2023
BANC-132 : FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note :
(i) Attempt five questions in all.
(ii) Attempt at least two questions from each
Section.
(iii) All questions carry equal marks.
(iv) The word limit for the 20 marks
questions is 400 words and for 10 marks
questions is 200 words.
Section—A
Q1.What is Biological Anthropology ? Critically examine the sub fields of Biolog ical Anthropology.
Q2.Briefly discuss various applications of Biological anthropology. 20 [ 2 ]
Q3.What is organic evolution ? Briefly discuss the evolutionary theory of Lamarckism with suitable examples.
Q4.Write short note s on any two of the following : 10+10
(a) Anthropometry
(b) Nutritional Anthropology
(c) ABO Blood group system
(d) Parallelism and Convergence
Section—B
Q5.Briefly comment on the anatomical changes that took place in human during Bipedalism.
Q6.What are the major races of the world ?
Q7.Critically elucidate the characteristic features of any two major races.
Q8.What is adaptation ? Briefly discuss the adaptation of human to high altitude and nutrition.
Q9.Write short note s on any two of the following : 10+10
(a) Molecular Anthropology
(b) Human Genome Project
(c) Comparison of morphological features of human and apes
(d) Cross-sectional growth method 2023 -132
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